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Lloyd Austin, former Fort Drum commander, nears Secretary of Defense job despite hurdles FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: U.S. Army (retired) General Lloyd Austin testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his conformation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Austin is the first African-American to have headed U.S. Central Command. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images)Pool/GettyShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Sen....

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CAMP HANSEN, Japan -- U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG), III MEF were given the option to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 20.This was the first distribution of the vaccine on,

Crisis situations like this one can induce the fog-of-war and lead to tradeoffs during remediation. While we may not know the full extent of the damage for some time, as is always the case in an event like this, we need to stop the bleeding. We must not afford the adversary an easy path to more information. Quick Hits *** Almost 400 jobs at the Office of Management and Budget have been approved for reclassification to Schedule F status, according to a letter from two senior House Democrats. Re...

By Justin Katz   Alejandro Mayorkas, the Biden administrations candidate to lead the Department of Homeland Securit, shown at an agency event in 2016. (Photo credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Lora Ratliff / U.S. Coast Guard) Alejandro Mayorkas, at his Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security, said he will review the federal governments two major cybersecurity programs in the wake of the SolarWinds breach. Mayorkas said he would conduct "a thorough review of Einstei...

Trump pauses at a 2018 rally. (Photo credit: Evan El-Amin/ Shutterstock.com) The SolarWinds hack, first detected in December 2020, colors any assessment of the cybersecurity legacy of the administration of President Donald Trump. During Trumps last days in office, as the president pressed to overturn the results of the November election, the federal government scrambled to contain the fallout from an ongoing intelligence operation believed to be the worst intrusion in the countrys history. Trum...

Theres too many people that are involved with the decision, and ultimately no one, one single person responsible, McCarthy told CNN in an interview on Monday. It makes it very difficult and slow in the response.

USS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs   –   PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) completed an Oceania transit and presence operation Jan. 18, interacting with partners and upholding commitments with the Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Papua New Guinea. Russell conducted a brief stop for fuel in Majuro, RMI, Jan. 7. After successfully completing their fueling and...

U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Joseph Cella announced on 15 Jan. 2021, approximately US$200,000 (FJD$406,394) in additional funding to support recovery efforts following the devastation caused by,

Gen. Mark Milley key to military continuity as Biden takes office January 17 WASHINGTON — In taking charge of a Pentagon battered by leadership churn, the Biden administration will look to one holdover as a source of military continuity: Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. President-elect Joe Biden will inherit Milley as his senior military adviser, and although Biden could replace Milley, he likely won’t. A Princeton-educated history buff with the gift of gab, Mil...